Fade You Away

There was a time….

 A time which feels like a lifetime ago….

 A time when I couldn’t bear the thought of you leaving ….

 A time when I thought it would be my doomsday without you……

But that time feels like an eternity ago….

And today it’s another time…..

And this time it feels like I am broken but whole

And though no one came to my rescue after you left me….

And no one touched me the way you touched me….

Yet I am broken, shattered but a whole….

A whole because you faded away….

I buried myself in the finely aged whiskey……

Soon I realized the whiskey reminded me more of you with every sip….

When the whiskey touched my lips, I thought of how our lips had their very own perfect lullaby….

So, I gave up the whiskey….

Because I realized others care maybe not in the same capacity…

But they do…

So, I buried myself in work….

Though I had a long tiring day, yet a peaceful sleep felt like a distant dream….

After hours of trying to sleep, I would get up again, and work….

I would work sometimes until the first ray of sunshine caressed my face…

But that caressing would remind me of how I would gaze at you while the sun caressed your face.

So, I would sometimes close the blinds and other times go to my balcony and watch the sunrise.

With the extensive work I buried myself into, the smell of whiskey on my breath was replaced with coffee...

And very slowly every day you started fading away…

First, your small habits that usually went unnoticed by others faded away…

Then the way you smiled, kissed me and caressed me faded away ….

Then all that remained with me was the way you looked, your scent and your smile……

I moved on with my life, and I was glad to hear that you had moved on too….

But sometimes when I am at the bar with friends or having a drink on weekends all by myself I think of you….

But the mood is not bitter its light, its happy, its peaceful….

I am glad I met you…

You are that chapter in my life that’s probably overrated but you made ”THE TODAY’S ME” in a subtle way...

You are that chapter in my life that people ignore bringing up at social events…

They are afraid that it might upset me, but It doesn’t anymore …

Thanks for happening to me.

Yours Sincerely